"Resistance against Donald Trump's presidency has come from unexpected
places, with many overnight activists joining their first protest or
call to Congress. But one of the most surprising transformations is that
of Beverly Tuberville, the founder of the resistance organization
Indivisible Oklahoma, who, prior to Trump's nomination, was a lifelong
Republican."
"Tuberville, who calls herself a "recovering
Republican," was inspired to question the Republican beliefs she grew up
with after scandal-plagued Trump's nomination as the Republican
presidential candidate. Since that dramatic turning point, Tuberville
has organized a town hall in March with more than 1,000 energized
Oklahoma residents demanding accountability from their senators (who
declined to attend), recruited state elected officials and advocates to
advise her corner of the red-state resistance, and founded Indivisible
Oklahoma."
"Republicanism was the cultural norm growing up in
Oklahoma, Tuberville explained in an email interview, "synonymous with
Christianity." She was fiercely anti-abortion, which made it "impossible
to even care about how 'off' the Republican Party was on the other
issues. It was always like, well yes, they want to trash the planet,
take benefits away from people, excuse inhumane treatment of animals,
and basically rob the poor—but they don’t dismember babies. Republican
politicians are very astute at taking advantage of this frame of
thought."
Read more at http://www.alternet.org/activism/outrage-over-trump-turned-red-state-republican-resistance-leader
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